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Optima Sonoran Village has the green light to add an 11-story building along Camelback Rd. and an additional 288 units. Scottsdaleâ€™s city council approves the amended Click here to read the full article.

By Garin Groff for East Valley Tribune Mesa plans to open a business accelerator later this year to help technology start-ups become full-fledged, job-producing businesses. Click here to read the full article.

By Lindsey Gemme for The Eloy Enterprise All along Main Street are dark, dilapidated buildings, with businesses far and few in between eking out a living in Eloy â€“ a Click here to read the full article.

By Justin Sumner for the CoStar Group Those that physically occupy commercial space have a vested interest in the benefits of green building improvements. Lower energy bills, Click here to read the full article.

Sale Transactions Photo Credit: Globe St. ViaWest Group has acquired the remaining 102 condos in the 204-unit Timberline Place Condominium project, Country Club Dr. near E. Click here to read the full article.

New Hires/Promotions John EmersonÂ is the new system integrator andÂ Pel AbbottÂ is the new vice president of marketing atÂ Sun Valley Solar Solutions. Emerson comes Click here to read the full article.

By Cecilia Chan for The Arizona Republic The Glendale City Council, as expected, voted 4-3 Tuesday to approve a tentative budget for the coming fiscal year. The spending plan Click here to read the full article.

Source: Arizona Daily Star The town of Oro Valley unanimously voted to adopt its 2012-13 fiscal year budget during a regular council meeting on May 16. No changes were made Click here to read the full article.

By Connie Cone Sexton and Philip Haldiman for The Arizona Republic The traffic and parking jam at Camelback Mountain’s popular Echo Canyon Trail that fueled frustration Click here to read the full article.

By Tim Steller for the Arizona Daily Star Photo Credit: RON MEDVESCEK / ARIZONA DAILY STAR Across Tucson, the service-station industry is going through a shake-out. About two Click here to read the full article.

By Sonu Munshi for The Arizona Republic The council unanimously passed a Memorandum of Understanding to retain its spring-training teams, the Seattle Mariners and the San Click here to read the full article.

By Garin Groff for East Valley Tribune Photo Credit: Tim Hacker / Tribune Neighbors have spent a year fighting a four-story low-income apartment and retail building called Click here to read the full article.

Source: Arizona Daily Star To the dismay of many neighbors, the city is moving rapidly on a proposal to annex and rezone land at River and Craycroft roads for a seven-story Click here to read the full article.

By Joyce Lobeck for the Yuma Sun The good news is that by next year, 4th Avenue will be repaved from 1st Street to Catalina Drive. And work could start by fall on the Click here to read the full article.

By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services, for the Yuma Sun Three university economists predicted the state and national picture will brighten pretty much no matter what Click here to read the full article.

By Eric Jay Toll for The Arizona Builder’s Exchange Photo Credit: MD Andersen Last week AZBEX was first to report on the massive expansion planned for the newly opened Click here to read the full article.